Measuring machine



W. E. HOSCH.

MEASURING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.23,1911.

1,4Q3J64 Patented. Jan. W, 1922,

3 SHEETS-SHEET W. E. HOSCH.

MEASURING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, 1917.

L48fl184 Patented Jan. 1117 11922.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Irma/122W Miami. Mi

W. E. HOSCH- MEASURING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AuG.2s.1917.

L ma, 164g Patented Jan. 110), 1922.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

an embodiment of my invention to accom-' plish these purposes.

Referring by numerals to the accompany.

ing drawings, and particularly to the con struction illustrated in Figures 1 to 5, inclusive, 10 designates a base plate upon uponwhich is supported upright end plates or walls 11 and 12, and a pair of side walls 13 and is, these parts being secured to each other in any suitable manner and constituting the main frame of the machine.

Where my improved machine utilized for measuring material which is being run wound from a large spool or drum, the base plate 10 01": the measuring 111 chine is mounted on suitable guiding means extending parallel with the axis of the spool. For this purpose it is provided with. pairs of rolling supports, preferably small flanged wheels 15, the same being mounted to travel a guide formed of the rails 16. 'lhese rails are arranged adjacent to and parallel with the shaft A on which is mounted the spool or drum B which carries the material to be measured. The spool or drum C which receives the material after the same has passed through the machine, is carried by a shaft D, the latter being disposed substantially parallel with the rails 16 and on the opposite side thereof from the shaft Ii. i ihen this arrangement is provided, shaft l) rying drum C is rotated and the material being measured unwinds from the drum. or spool B and passes through he machine which latter travels freely in both directions upon the rails 16, thus accommodating; itself to the position of the web or strand of material as the same unwinds from drum Formed in the central portions of the side walls 13 and l lare horizontally dispa-ieii openings 17 and 18, Fig. l, respectively, and secured to the side and end walls innnedie ately above and below these openings horizontally disposed plates 19 and 20. no space 21 between these partitions forms the opening in the machine through which passes the goods or materials being measured. Suitable rollers 22 are mounted for operation above and below both ends oi the opening 21, the same serving as roller bearings which eliminate friction of the material during its passage through the machine. it. suitable housing 23, preferably of sheet metal, encloses the frame work of the machine, said housing being secured to in .e plate 10 in any suitable manner and formed in the side walls of this housing are openings 24 and 25, Fig. l, the same coinciding respectively with the openings 17 and 18. Mounted for rotation in suitable bearings at opposite end being lx-l. By virtue of this construction, nieesur the ends of the opening 2a are vertically disposed rollers 26, the same serving r bearings which cooperate with re lers 22 at inlet end of the opening 521 to guide the material as it passes into said opening and through the machine. A shaft 7 is journaled in the end walls of plates .11 and 19' below the horizontally disposed plate 20 and carried by this shaft is a mea s ring roller 28 having a fixed or definite cirumference. This roller, or the outer shell thereof, may be formed of rubber or suitable composition so that its po "iylieral surface will engage the material passing through the machine with considerable friction, thereby tending to reduce and eliminate slipping of said material. The shaft 52? is mounted so that the upper portion of the roller 28 operates through an opening formed in the lower plate or partition 20. Fixed on shaft 2] inside and adjacent to the end plate 11 is a pinion 29., the same mesh ing with a pinion 30 of equal size, the latter being fixed on shaft vhich is joulnaled in end plate 11. Journaled in suitable bearings in the plates 11 and l2 above the central portion of the plate 1.9 is shaft 32 and loosely mounted thereon, near plate 11, is a pinion 33, the same being equal in size to pinion 30. Loosely d meshing wi. mounted on shaft 82, near the ends thereof, are the ends of a frame, the same comprising a pair of end members 4i, and a side member 35, Fig. 2, said side member lying immediately adjacent to side wall let. Journaled in the end members 3 of this frame is a shaft 36 and ca led thereby is a second measuring roller 3?, the same being identical in size and construction with the measuring roller 28. The lower portion of this me: ,J'ing roller 37 operates through a suitable opening formed. in plate 19 and normally the periphery of said measuring roller is i 'rect contact with the peripheral surface or roller 28. Fixed to shaft 36, adjacent to plate 11, is a pinion which is of the same diameter as and meshes with pinion I provide means forresiliently pressing the measuring rollers against the side of the rope or strip being measured. For this purpose, irojecting outwardly from the central portion of member 35 is a pin Sh) Fig. 2 upon which bears the free end of a spring 40, the al to side Jilll or plate ing roller 37 bears downiwi a 'ainst companion roller 28 or upon the intv posed material with yielding pressure with the result that the measuring rollers grip the strip, and any movement of the material interposed between said rollers will impart movement to one roller or the other, and by reason of the fact that said rollers are connected by the pinions 29, 30, 33, and 38, Fig. a, said ineasller uring rollers will move simultaneously and with the same peripheral speed. Fulcrumed on a pin all which is seated in the upper portion or plate 14 is a lever as, the inner end of which is bent downwardly and termed into linger the same being positioned c irectly beneath pin 39. The opposite end of this lever projects through an opening as: formed in the housing 23. said outer end carrying a thumb or tin hearing plate This lever provides rn ans 'l'or lilting; the frame carryhigmeasuring roller 3'7, such operation being necessary when the end of a piece of material is inserted between the measuring rolls at the beginning oi the measuring operation. After introducing the fabric the rollers should be permitted to together. Mounted on plate 19 is a housing which carries a suitable counting mechanism, preferably of that type which includes a series oil? disks, the periphery o each of which bears the numbers from Zero to 9, said disks being actuated in sequence and the upper portion oi? this housing projects through a suitable openingi? in the top or housing 23 in order that the numbers on toe disks of the counting mechanism can be readily observed. @ne end of shaft d8 of this counting and indicating; device extends through a bearing in plate 11 and carries a pinion e9, Fig. 3. The opposite end oi this shaft a8 extends throu h plate 12 and the" corresponding end ah or housing 23 and carries a dish 50, the same hswirls a milled edge. dournaled on a pin which is seated in the plate ll. and meshin with pinions L9 is a 52. Seated in plate 11 is a pin 53 upon which is mounted rotation a comparatively large gear 5% and fixed thereto is a small pinion 55. the latter meshing with gear 5 The gear 54: meshes with a pinion 546, the latter being fixed on the end of shaft 31. which projects through plate 11. lioosely mounted on pin 56 which is seated in plate 11 is a pinion 57, the same meshing with pinion 5 J and connected to this pinion in any suitable manner is a short sleeve 58 Fig". 2, which extends outwardly through the corresponding-end wall or the housing and carries at its outer end a disk 59 having a iilled edge. The operation of m improved nieasurii 5 machine is as 'lollow llleasuring roller 37 moved upwardly away from comp non measuring roller by hearing downwardly on thumb or linger plate which action forces the frame said roller 8'? upwardly against the resist nee offered b spring a l; and the end oi the material to be measured inserted througl'i the "front end the opening 25. bein that end of the opening shown at the l t or rig. 1-, and positioned between the rolle s L8 and The material is now pulled outwardly through the rear end of opening 21 and wound. upon a suitable support, such as the spool C, and as this operation continues. the measuring rollers 28 and 3'? will operate in unison by virtue of the fact that they Eric tionally engage the material passing between them, and further by reason of the fact that said rollers are geared together by the pinions 29, 30, 33, and 38, l. ln the event that the diameter or cross sectional area of the material passing through the machine varies, the roller 37 will automatically adjust itself to the vaiying thickness of said material, but such action will. in no wise affect the synchronous movement of the measuring rollers by virtue of the fact that the axis of roller 37 or the center of shaft 36 at all times retains the same position or distance away from the axis of shaft 32, such arrangement being brought about by the pivoting or mounting of the frame carrying measuring roller 37 upon said shaft 32.

T he rotary motion oi the lower measuring roller 28 is transmitted through pinions 29 and 30 to shaft Ill. and thence throu h pin ions 54:, 54-, 55, 59., and -9 Fig. 3 to Sililll 4-8 which actuates the munbered disks in the counting device. lfhus as the material is drawn through the machine and the measuring rollers are operated, the movement thereof is transmitted to and accurately regis tered upon the counting mechanism and the operator or attendant can at all times readily ascertain the lineal measurement oi? the piece of goods which has passed through the machine. ln the event that the measuring ma chine is used on the tracks 16 between a pair of spools or drums, said machine will trarel loackwardly and forwardly upon the track rails, thereby automatically adjusting itselt to the action of the piece of goods in unwinding form the spool B and winding onto spool C, and maintaining the direction o l? pull ot't'he strip substantially at right angles to the axes of the measuring rollers. This insures accuracy of measurement.

As heretofore stated, the rollers at the ends of the open ng 21. serve to eliminah: friction between the strip of material being; measured and the walls of the device around the opening 21. The milled disk on the end of shaft 48 provides means for setting: all or the numbered disks or. the counting: device baclr to Zero alter a piece of goods as been measured and the milled disk 59 provides means for imparting movement to the train of gearing including pinions 57, 54. 5%, 52, and d9 to shift the position of the units wheel the countingdevice so that the numbers thereon will register with the corresponding numbers on the disks ot' highr denomination.

The form of measuring machine illustrated in Figures (3 and '7 is particularly a esigned for measuring rope, cables, corna e, or any material which is approximately rollers, the same bein neared round in cross section, said machine includ ing a plurality of measuring rollers disposed so as to form an openingithrough which the cable passes, so that the measuring rollers limit the lateral. movement of the cable in any direction. These rollers are all geared to drive the same indicating mechanism. For this purpose, I provide two pairs of measuring rollers, one pair having horizontally disposed axes in the structure herein described and the other pair being vertically disposed and arranged immediately adjacent to the horizontally disposed pair. in this form of device, (90 and (ll. designate the horizontally disposed pair of g g to operate in unison, the same as in the structure herctofore described, and arranged immediately in front of this horizontally disposed pair of rollers and to the sides of the opening through which the material. travels is apair of Vertically disposed rollers 62 and 63. T he shaft or trunnions of roller 63 are mounted in a swinging frame 64, normally under the pressure of a spring 64c 7, so that said roller 63 can move toward and away from its companion roller 62 and said rollers 62 and 63 are geared to operate in unison by a train of pinions 65, (5G, 67, and 68, the latter being fixed, on the shaft carrying roller 62. Journaled in the end plates of this form of machine is a shaft 69 and fixed thereon near the end is a pinion 70 which meshes with one of the pinions forming the train of gearing between the measuring rollers 60 and 61, Fixed on this shaft 69 is a, beveled pinion 71, the same meshing with a corresponding beveled pinion 72, the latter being fixed on the lower end of the shaft which carries the measuring roller 62 and pinion 68. By virtue of this construction, the two pairs of measuring rollers are geared together so that all rollers operate in unison and as there are four rollers, a rope, cable, or the like, passing through the machine and through the open ing formed between the rollers is engaged at four different points, thus insuring positive and accurate operation of the machine. It will be understood, of course, that the train of gears shown in Fig. 3 for operating the counting mechanism will be associated in the same manner with the rollers 60 and 61. Also I have not considered it necessary to illustrate, in connection with this modified construction, means for separating the rollers to permit passing the material to be measured through them, as Fig. 2 shows means for separating rollers 28 and 37, which are identical with rollers 60 and (3]., and it will be obvious that the same means may be employed for separating the latter rollers and the rollers 62 and 63, the roller 63being mounted in a frame in the same manner as the rollers 61 and 37.

A measuring machine of my improved repeats construction comparatively simple, is en tirely automatic in operation, is er" compact, and is very effective for accurately obta ining the lineal measurement of goods such as rope, cable, Cordage, binding material, tape, or anyvmaterial which is in the form of narrow strips or sections,

lt will be noted that in the form of the invention embodied in the construction illustrated in Figures 6 and 7 it is merely necessary that certain of the rollers shall be mounted to rotate in a different plane from the other rollers 5 at the same time, they should be disposed so that their peripheries touch the circumferential face of the cable at points intermediate the points of contact of the other rollers'with the face of the cable.

l claim:

1. In a machine of the kind described, the combination of a measuring roller mounted to rotate on a fixed axis, a roller frame mounted to swing about a fixed axis, a second measuring roller carried by said roller frame, means for yieldingly pressing the second measuring roller toward the first named measuring roller, and a gear train connecting said rollers to rotate in unison with each other and including a gear wheel on the axis of the said roller frame, whereby the driving connection through said gear train is maintained if said second measuring roller moves toward or recedes from the first named measuring roller, indicating mechanism and means for actuating the same by said rollers.

2. In a measuring machine of the kind described, the combination of a measuring roller mounted to rotate about a fixed axis, a roller frame mounted to swing about a. fixed axis, a second measuring roller mounted to rotate in said roller frame, means for yieldingly vpressing said roller frame toward the first named measuring roller to enable the measuring, rollers to grip a strip passing therebetween, a gear wheel rigid with the second named measuring roller and coaxial therewith, a gear wheel rotatably mounted on the axis of said roller frame meshing with said last named gear wheel, a gear wheel meshing with the gear Wheel that rotates on the axis of the roller frame, and a gear wheel meshing with the last named gear wheel and rigid with the first named roller, indicatingmechanism, and. means for driving the same from one of said measuring rollers, said gear wheels operating to enable the other measuring roller to drive the indicating mechanism. 1

In a machine for measuring the length of a cable, the combination of a plurality of measuring rollers disposed around the circumference of the cable, certain of the rollers being mounted to rotate in a different plane from the other rollers, and disposed so that their peripheries touch the circumferential face off the cable at points intermediate the oil iin'itei'ential points of contact oi the other l'OliBl'S therewith, means for resiliently pressing the measuring rollers against the sides 1? the cable and an imlica'ting mechanism actuated by all oi the rollers.

i. in a machine for measuring a length of cable the combination of apair of oppositely disposed measuring rollers between which the cable passes, means for resiliently pressing the measuring rollers against the side of the cable, a second pair of measuring rollers mounted With their axes in a plane suiostantiall; at right angles to the axes of the first named measuring rollers. means for resiliently pressing said second named rollers against the side of the cable, an indicating mechanism actuated by all of the rollers, and means for actuating the same from all of the rollers.

En testimony whereof, hereunto my signature in the presence of two Witnesses this 21st day of August, 1917.

lVALTER E. HOSOH.

Witnesses M. P. SMITH, LAURA MEYER. 

